40 billion in mortgagebacked securities. They say the path of the economy will be connected to the path of the virus in the statement. One interesting note at the end. Mary dailey, head of San Francisco reserve president mad to cast her vote as alternate. Minneapolis president Neal Kashkari is on paternity leave. He was into the at the meeting. The birth of their second child happened this week. We think, we believe this is the first time a Voting Member missed a vote because of paternity leave. Back to you, charles. Charles that is an interesting tidbit a lot to go through here. Meantime, folks it is another monster session in the market which yesterday had the best ever postelection session. There should be no question that the worry of a blue wave was the main reason for selling last week. But now the question, have investors moved from abject fear to unbridled optimism a little too fast . Moreover with megagrowth leading the way again, what is the best place to be positioned for th
Joe biden making that final push to win over voters just days before the election. Brian sullivan lays out the big guide in one big battleground stooit stat state. And well go live overseas into the deep dive an app hes success. Youre watching World Wide Exchange good morning, im dominic chu in for Brian Sullivan. Lets get right to how the money and the markets are shaping up right now as you have been seeing in the corner of your screen, stock futures are indicating a lower open, right now the dowism app isdow implie nearly 400 points. S p by about 49. And the nasdaq lower by 220. Well get in to that more. Stocks are looking to cap off what has been an incredibly turbulent week the three major indices are now done between 3 and nearly 6 so far in just that short time span alone. It is also the last trading day of the month and october proving to be a tough one for investors. The dow down nearly 4 , the s p down 1. 5 . And the nasdaq with a fractional gain, although we know the nasdaq
Election uncertainty poised to bounce from the worst week since march businesses are bracing for election unrest. Live in manhattan. Well take a look at how companies are preparing for the unknowns of this week ahead. And with no preelection stimulus lifeline, how airlines are now preparing to stem the losses and lure passengers back in to their seats. Carl all right, jim, what do we think is going on this morning doesnt sound like you trust futures at this level. We really sold off terribly friday until the last half hour. This is continuation of what looked like a short covered rally. I think a lot of people who are betting that no matter what happens it will be contested and therefore the market has to go down so, why not just come in short my problem with that is what happens if its actually not contested . What happens if its a landslide for either side. The reeason i point that out if youre betting on a contested election its entirely possible with our 24hour coverage its entirel
Now, 224 biden, 213 trump. Could be days prosecute we have final vote counts for key battleground states. Maybe were getting a little more clarity on that bottom of our screen right here, nbc news is projecting joe biden wins the state of maine. Want to get that news piece in there as we continue to watch for those votes. Even if biden ekes out a electoral vote, expectations could spell trouble for a democratic agenda, especially if the Vice President ultimately wins the white house for more on the balance of power in congress, lets bring in ylan mui. Good morning. Good morning. Right now its still a tossup for control of the senate. Both parties have a narrow but achievable path to victory Mitch Mcconnell says hes hoping to get more clarity on key races by the end of the day. I dont know whether im going to be the majority leader or minority leader ive been both majoritys better. But were awaiting the judge on the american people. Nbc rates the battle between gop senator thom tillis a
And your comments a moment ago to andrew, just sort of crystallize, not just what a job shes done, but how companies are placing their bets on looking through cycles, even though were a week away from an election and in the middle of a pandemic. You have somebody the quality of lease why isa su, best ceo i country, nonpromotional, re competitive thought this was maxed out. Youre in the personal computer and data center, it is not good enough she saw what happened to intel i dont say that with any prejudice. Just that she left intel behind. She is in the data center, who is she who are her clients . Azure, google, and, of course, amazon but it is time she feels it is time to branch out into auto, time to branch out into defense into telco when you look at xilinx, what youre seeing is a mosaic where there is some overlap in data center, but the rest is an attempt to say, you know what, we need a bigger total Addressable Market we have to outgrow our markets right now. And i think it is a